How To Install osgearth-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install osgearth-data on Debian 9. osgearth-data is Dynamic 3D terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osgearth-data on Debian 9.

What is osgearth-data

osgearth-data is:

osgEarth is a scalable terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (OSG), an open source, high performance, 3D graphics toolkit. Just create a simple XML file, point it at your imagery, elevation, and vector data, load it into your favorite OSG application, and go! osgEarth supports all kinds of data and comes with lots of examples to help you get up and running quickly and easily.

This package contains data files.

There are three methods to install osgearth-data on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install osgearth-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install osgearth-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install osgearth-data

Install osgearth-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install osgearth-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osgearth-data

Install osgearth-data Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install osgearth-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osgearth-data

How To Uninstall osgearth-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the osgearth-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osgearth-data

Uninstall osgearth-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osgearth-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osgearth-data

Remove osgearth-data Configurations and Data

To remove osgearth-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osgearth-data

Remove osgearth-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove osgearth-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osgearth-data

Dependencies

osgearth-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osgearth-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.